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RETRACTION: Effect of Tobacco Usage on Surgical Site Wound Problems After Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis
TL;DR
A paper claiming to analyze how tobacco use affects surgical wounds after hip and knee replacements was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.
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The paper's retraction highlights issues with the peer review process and the need for improved oversight in scientific publishing.
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The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.
The retraction was agreed upon by the journal's editor and publisher.
Abstract
RETRACTION: ZhuJ. , SiM. , and HuangZ. , “Effect of Tobacco Usage on Surgical Site Wound Problems After Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 1 (2024): e14375, 10.1111/iwj.14375.37675771 PMC10784423 The above article, published online on 07 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.
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TopicsTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes · Orthopedic Infections and Treatments · Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
RETRACTION:
J. Zhu , M. Si , and Z. Huang , “Effect of Tobacco Usage on Surgical Site Wound Problems After Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal 21, no. 1 (2024): e14375, 10.1111/iwj.14375.37675771 PMC10784423
The above article, published online on 07 September 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.